Buck Owens

Four songs into Garth Brooks' opening-night show of his first world tour in 17 years, the country superstar screamed at about 17,500 fans packed into the sold-out Allstate Arena outside Chicago. "You came back!" he shouted, then repeated: "You came back!"

"I've waited a long, long, long time for this," he added as fans roared back at him with the force and volume of jet engines at full throttle.

Having laid relatively low since 2001, when he announced that he would devote himself full time to raising his three daughters until all were college-ready, Brooks is reengaging the music world with the enthusiastic energy and maverick sensibility that...

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